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Instagram passes limit of 500 million users

Jun

22

2016

Instagram has its number of users has doubled in two years. meanwhile the social photo service has more than half a billion monthly active users and 300 million daily. The majority of the users are from outside the United States.

Instagram logo new More than eighty percent of users come from outside the US, reports Instagram in a blog post. The service for sharing photos and videos began in 2010 and peaked in 2012 for 100 million monthly active users. Beginning in 2014 had risen to 200 million and end the year the counter stood at 300 million.

In April of 2012, Instagram was acquired by Facebook, and many users on the Internet showed about switching to alternatives. However, this growth has not stood in the way, the new figures show. Facebook itself has 1.65 billion monthly active users and daily 1.09 billion. WhatsApp also a Facebook member, has 1 billion monthly active users.